Χείρων

See also: χείρων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Χείρων • (Kheírōn) m (genitive Χείρωνος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Cheiron; Chiron
    • Suid., Suda chi.267

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Χείρων; τοῦ Χείρωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Χείρων
ho Kheírōn
Genitive τοῦ Χείρωνος
toû Kheírōnos
Dative τῷ Χείρωνῐ
tôi Kheírōni
Accusative τὸν Χείρωνᾰ
tòn Kheírōna
Vocative Χείρων
Kheírōn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Χείρων (Cheíron)
  • Latin: Chīrōn, Cheirōn
  • Armenian: Քիրոն (Kʻiron)
  • Georgian: ქირონი (kironi)
  • Russian: Хиро́н (Xirón)

References
  • “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Χείρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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